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My dog attacked another dog...
I take my dogs to my in-laws frequently as they have one of my dogs puppies as well as a new dog. I have a male and a female that grew up living on my in-laws property. They are still territorial when they are there. My in-laws have a new female dog who is approximately 1yr old. Something occurred yesterday between the dogs (nobody witnessed what happened) and the german shepherd was badly injured. We did not realize the extent of the injuries, we only knew she had a few cuts on different parts of her body. The dog died in the middle of the night.
I feel horrible about this and am probably very lucky that this occurred on my parent's property with their dogs and not a friend or stranger. I do not know what I am supposed to do about my dogs. My partner and I feel that our female was the cause but again, nobody witnessed what actually happened. We know the facts are there were four dogs, two males and two females. We know that neither our male or female was injured and their son did not appear to be either, may have been bit on his face but nothing serious. HELP. We need advice from someone who is unbiased. We really are searching for the right thing to do in this situation.
My first inclination is to keep my dogs home and simply take proper percautions for the future now that we're aware of what could happen.
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Do your honework and learn dog psychology. I cannot stress how important and necessary this is as a dog owner.
Next thing is to get a reputable dog behaviourist, a professional. Its just as easy to make things worse even when youre trying to make them better.
In taking on a dog you agreed to teach the dog right from wrong and take responsibility for all aspects of it. There is clearly a need in your dogs life that you arent fulfilling, intentionally or not.
I could type out a whole load of things that you should do and need to know but i want you, as an owner, to do your homework on this. I'd suggest looking up Cesar Millan as a start.
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It could have just been the case with one dog getting a bit territorial around another dog and a fight ensued. Or, depending on the size of the dogs, they may just have wanted to play and it got a bit vicious.
I was walking my dog who is half daschund half fox terrier (so a mediumish dog) when two bigger dogs which had probably gotten out of their yard were walking down the path towards us. My dog growled and barked as she does with any passing dog and they came bounding after her. Their tails were wagging and it was obvious that they were lovely dogs that maybe saw her as a smaller prey or something to play with. They wanted to bite and play and I had to try and hold her over my head while they jumped all over me trying to bite her until someone came and helped me.
I don't blame those dogs. They were lovely well-tempered dogs. But animals are animals, sometimes they act out in ways we could never imagine.
Don't let your dogs around other dogs anymore, and be careful when they're around children as well. When you walk them, make sure their collar or harness is tight and ALWAYS on. Add a choker or muzzle if you feel like they need it. You must feel awful but sometimes our pets act out like the wild animals they are with uncontrollable behaviour. If they become increasinlgy vicious, take them to the vet to see if it's anything that can be fixed without them being put down. You might want to take them to the vet regardless just to make sure they weren't hurt from the attack and so that the vet can maybe give you some better advice.
You are VERY lucky that this happened at your parents house. Anyone else would have reported you and either had you fined or worse, gotten your dogs put down.
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